It's the start of a new year which means we plan to do things differently and better. Most times, however, these promises fall by the wayside, but with a little bit of planning, you can ensure that your year gets off to a flying start... Read More »
The majority of companies have dedicated social media accounts, but how many of them actually have a plan or strategy driving them forward? If you're a business who doesn't have a social media strategy, you will need to start planning immediately... Read More »
In the last couple of weeks, Facebook has really started ramping up their mobile presence by releasing a series of apps and purchasing Instagram. Up until now, it has been unclear how these apps would integrate with each other but today we are seeing the start of some serious cross promotion... Read More »
Facebook have been making some tweaks this week that might look minor to many but it is giving a very clear indication of their strategy going forward as they aim to release products over the coming weeks. Most of the changes have been around design and settings as well as killing off a couple of pretty major products that they had originally had big hopes for... Read More »
With thousands of videos being shared about social media every single day it can be hard to find the best content but this list of the 7 best social media videos around at the moment should keep you busy for a while. There are serious talks, some great insight, deep thinkers and a few laughs that all make it to our top 7 social media videos... Read More »
The way we work is changing with more and more of our work being carried out online using tools and online services that for the most part are free. I have assembled the following list of 10 tools and services that I use on a daily basis and that I have learned to love through trial and error. I honestly do not know how our business would function without them and once you start using them your life will be made a lot simpler and easy to manage. Most of these services will be known by people who come from a technical background and work online but I am always surprised by the amount of people who have no idea that these great free tools are out there... Read More »
For a couple of years the smart companies using social media were the ones who happened to have a techie within the company who could see the rise of social networks and services like Twitter or perhaps the company had some smart advisers who watched trends closely. Things have changed now though as the social media market has matured and companies are starting to look at it from a strategy perspective and they are looking to implement bigger changes to their whole culture. In this post we use Coca Cola as an example, a company with hundreds of thousands of people within their organization are going to need to make sure their message is in unison across the company... Read More »